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Jack Effel just gave the rundown for the day's play. We plan to play down to 27 players with a 20-minute break after every level and a 90-minute dinner break after the third level of play.
The cards are now in the air - good luck to the remaining players!
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
More than a week ago, the 2012 World Series of Poker kicked off the 43rd Annual $10,000 Main Event, which attracted 6,598 players and created a prize pool of $62,021,200. Now, as Day 6 begins, only 97 runners remain, each with their eyes firmly fixed on making the “Octo-Nine” and capturing the $8,527,982 first-place prize.
The man best position to make a deep run is Kyle Keranen, who is sitting on the biggest stack in the room with 6,935,000. Not far behind are Robert Salaburu who finished Day 5 with a stack of 6,195,000, and Taylor Paur, who bagged up 5,820,000.
Joining these men are an eclectic mix of amateurs and pros. David “ODB” Baker (1,360,000) has had a tremendous summer, winning his first gold bracelet and making three other final tables, and now he finds himself in contention for the Main Event title and 2012 Player of the Year honors (he’ll need to finish eighth or better. Another man looking to accomplish an impressive feat is Sam Holden, who is looking to make back-to-back final tables after finishing ninth last year.
Joining these two are Gaelle Baumann (3,980,000), Jan Heitmann (3,410,000), Amnon Filippi (3,400,000), Elisabeth Hille (3,390,000), A.J. Jejelowo (3,340,000), Roland Israelashvili (2,805,000), Marcia Topp (1,700,000), Jason Somerville (1,400,000),Vanessa Selbst (1,350,000), Erik Cajelais (1,180,000), Greg Merson (945,000), and Gavin Smith (675,000).
Here’s a look at the top ten chip counts at the start of Day 6:
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Keranen | 6,935,000 |
| 2 | Robert Salaburu | 6,195,000 |
| 3 | Taylor Paur | 5,820,000 |
| 4 | Erik Hellman | 4,715,000 |
| 5 | Wilfried Haerig | 4,505,000 |
| 6 | Shahriar Assareh | 4,395,000 |
| 7 | Charles Coultas | 4,015,000 |
| 8 | Gaelle Baumann | 3,980,000 |
| 9 | Fabrizio Gonzalez | 3,935,000 |
| 10 | Nicco Maag | 3,895,000 |
Play will resume tomorrow at 12:00 PM PST, which is about 40 minutes from now, so join us then as the final 97 players look to knock off another five levels and hopefully make the top 27!
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Counts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | 1 | Robert Corcione | 3750000 |
| 401 | 2 | David Balkin | 1295000 |
| 401 | 3 | Lasell King | 1740000 |
| 401 | 4 | Vanessa Selbst | 1165000 |
| 401 | 5 | Alfred Firova | 995000 |
| 401 | 6 | Max Ovseyevitz | 755000 |
| 401 | 7 | Scott Anderson | 1485000 |
| 401 | 8 | Jesse Sylvia | 2990000 |
| 401 | 9 | Manos Foudoulakis | 3020000 |
| 405 | 1 | Eric Buchman | 1930000 |
| 405 | 2 | Casey Yontz | 1890000 |
| 405 | 3 | Lawrie Gibson | 2210000 |
| 405 | 4 | Jean-Yves Malherbe | 3620000 |
| 405 | 5 | Jason Somerville | 1400000 |
| 405 | 6 | Bobby Law | 900000 |
| 405 | 7 | Jacob Balsiger | 3675000 |
| 405 | 8 | Andras Koroknai | 1720000 |
| 405 | 9 | Greg Merson | 945000 |
| 409 | 1 | Sam Soverel | 1680000 |
| 409 | 2 | Fabrizio Gonzalez | 3935000 |
| 409 | 3 | Jeremy Ausmus | 3810000 |
| 409 | 4 | Paul Volpe | 3250000 |
| 409 | 5 | Scott Abrams | 1255000 |
| 409 | 6 | Felipe Quijano | 1500000 |
| 409 | 7 | Webber Kang | 1095000 |
| 409 | 8 | Kyle Keranen | 6935000 |
| 409 | 9 | John Beauprez | 2495000 |
| 410 | 1 | Jordan Batt | 1300000 |
| 410 | 2 | Danny Wong | 775000 |
| 410 | 3 | Nicco Maag | 3895000 |
| 410 | 4 | Frederick Vogt | 55000 |
| 410 | 5 | Amit Makhija | 1400000 |
| 410 | 6 | Shahriar Assareh | 4395000 |
| 410 | 7 | Ben Greenberg | 780000 |
| 410 | 8 | --empty-- | -- |
| 410 | 9 | Roman Valerstein | 1770000 |
| 411 | 1 | Niels van Alphen | 565000 |
| 411 | 2 | David Warady | 650000 |
| 411 | 3 | Erik Cajelais | 1205000 |
| 411 | 4 | Elisabeth Hille | 3390000 |
| 411 | 5 | Sam Holden | 765000 |
| 411 | 6 | Paul Siem | 1055000 |
| 411 | 7 | Andrew Flaherty | 1550000 |
| 411 | 8 | Kyle Bowker | 855000 |
| 411 | 9 | William Hefflefinger | 636000 |
| 414 | 1 | Dave D'Alesandro | 415000 |
| 414 | 2 | Robert Salaburu | 6195000 |
| 414 | 3 | Takashi Ogura | 830000 |
| 414 | 4 | Daniel Strelitz | 1980000 |
| 414 | 5 | Wilfried Haerig | 4505000 |
| 414 | 6 | Nicolau Villa Lobos | 1285000 |
| 414 | 7 | Richard Pyne | 1400000 |
| 414 | 8 | Charles Coultas | 4015000 |
| 414 | 9 | Marty Zabib | 1185000 |
| 416 | 1 | Alban Juen | 2376000 |
| 416 | 2 | Gwennael Grandmougin | 1055000 |
| 416 | 3 | Jordi Martinezalonso | 2700000 |
| 416 | 4 | Fabio Sousa | 805000 |
| 416 | 5 | Amit Zulkowitz | 1520000 |
| 416 | 6 | Mazin Khoury | 1885000 |
| 416 | 7 | Dung Nguyen | 1880000 |
| 416 | 8 | Jonathan Schoder | 470000 |
| 416 | 9 | Percy Mahatan | 2400000 |
| 419 | 1 | Roland Israelashvili | 2850000 |
| 419 | 2 | Tomas Samol | 1995000 |
| 419 | 3 | Taylor Paur | 5820000 |
| 419 | 4 | --empty-- | -- |
| 419 | 5 | Steven Gee | 1815000 |
| 419 | 6 | Leo Wolpert | 940000 |
| 419 | 7 | Jan Heitmann | 3410000 |
| 419 | 8 | David Randall | 710000 |
| 419 | 9 | Nick DiVella | 1250000 |
| 421 | 1 | Helge Stjernvang | 1760000 |
| 421 | 2 | Robert Buckenmayer | 875000 |
| 421 | 3 | Eric Pratt | 3460000 |
| 421 | 4 | Tristan Clemencon | 725000 |
| 421 | 5 | Isaac Baron | 1165000 |
| 421 | 6 | David Kluchman | 2425000 |
| 421 | 7 | Susie Zhao | 740000 |
| 421 | 8 | Russell Thomas | 2095000 |
| 421 | 9 | Arshad Siddiqui | 1160000 |
| 426 | 1 | A.J. Jejelowo | 3340000 |
| 426 | 2 | Yuval Bronshtein | 2775000 |
| 426 | 3 | Andrew Dean | 1390000 |
| 426 | 4 | Marcia Topp | 1700000 |
| 426 | 5 | Amnon Filippi | 3400000 |
| 426 | 6 | Jamie Robbins | 1649000 |
| 426 | 7 | Michael Esposito | 3005000 |
| 426 | 8 | Gavin Smith | 675000 |
| 426 | 9 | Eric Legoff | 2230000 |
| 436 | 1 | Cylus Watson | 2700000 |
| 436 | 2 | Nicholas Cushman | 2540000 |
| 436 | 3 | David ODB Baker | 1910000 |
| 436 | 4 | Erik Hellman | 4715000 |
| 436 | 5 | Omar Saeed | 2040000 |
| 436 | 6 | Marc Ladouceur | 1480000 |
| 436 | 7 | Stephane Bisson | 1445000 |
| 436 | 8 | Gaelle Baumann | 3980000 |
| 436 | 9 | Josh Neufeld | 1015000 |
Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day 6 Started
